Como Mod Series Superior Race Notes
Posted under Press, Results by admin on September 11th, 2009
Superior Race #7 Notes:
37 Kelly Estey used John Carpenters car (duct taped 37 on it) at Proctor after his motor expired during the 2nd round of hot laps. He was able to finish 11th from 24th. Word is that he was not going to go out for the second session of hot laps. If so he would have blown up in the heats and dramatically shifting the points. Came out of Hibbing with the lead after another solid run.
97 Greg Chesley is having a great first year with Como and in Wissota land. Chesley was able to score the GRP $750 bonus at Proctor and a victory (non Como) on the second day of the Labor Day Shootout in Hibbing. Many of the same great Como drivers ran that event on Day 2 proving the Chesley is running up front with the best.
91 Craig Thatcher is on a run for the title. Could he be the first non Northerner to win the title in series history? Only driver with multiple wins on the season.
24D Duane Dale checked out on the field at the Silver 1000 in Hibbing. A clean sweep of the nights events (Heat, XR Apparel Dash, and Feature). Checked right out into another zip code and crawled back into the points game.
98 Al Uotinen, the 2008 Series Champion, had an up and down weekend. 2nd at Proctor and 22nd at Hibbing including his first provisional of the year. Al was able to maintain and is still fifth in points.
12M Jason Miller has not had great luck but still has made all of the races. Blown motor at Proctor and another mechanical failure at Hibbing puts him in 7th place in the standings.
63 Rick Kobs is 4th in the standings even though he missed a feature this year, 32 points out and has an outside chance at winning the crown while missing a race!
Six drivers have made all of the shows. 44 Darrell Nelson was able to win a B Main and transfer in Hibbing running his string of never using a provisional start in the history of the Como Series, 29 races strong. Nelson, Thatcher, Kobs, Wood, Miller, and Dale are the drivers that still have a provisional (in the top ten) available this year. It could get wild if one of the top runners cannot transfer during the last two races of the season at Superior and Ashland. Could we have a repeat of the wild season ending night at ABC Raceway like we did in 2008?
